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1 Chronicles 6:57 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 6 · verse 57
And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,1 Chronicles 6:57 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 6:57 in context
55And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.
56But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
57And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,
58And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,
59And Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- EshtemoaʼEshtᵉmôaʻEshtemoa or Eshtemoh, a place in PalestineH851 →
- suburbsmigrâsha suburbH4054 →
- citiesʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
- HebronChebrôwnChebron, a place in Palestine, also the name of two IsraelitesH2275 →
- refugemiqlâṭan asylumH4733 →
- LibnahLibnâhLibnah, a place in the Desert and one in PalestineH3841 →
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We have here an account of the Levites' cities. They are here called their castles (Ch1 6:54), not only because walled and fortified, and well guarded by the country (for it is the interest of every nation to protect its ministers), but because they and their possessions were, in a particular manner, the care of the…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 54-81